Every course across both stages, side by side

The table keeps the details this guide recorded on 14 June 2026, before the change: five courses, three in Stage 1 (the Pre-Integration Course) and two in Stage 2 (the Integration Course). The 14 June 2026 guide record is history. The Directorate’s current page does not confirm it. What changed on 15 June is directly below the table.

“Not separately published” means we found no official figure. It is not an estimate. See Stage 1 and Stage 2.

Update: several of these courses were discontinued on 15 June 2026. The Directorate restructured the programme so that it “will only focus on the provision of I Belong 100-hour Cultural Orientation course (previously called as Stage 2 Cultural Orientation).” As from 15 June 2026 these are discontinued: Foundation Courses, I Belong Stage 1 Cultural Orientation, I Belong Maltese Language (MQF Level 1), I Belong English Language (MQF Level 1), and I Belong Maltese Language (MQF Level 2).

In place of Stage 1 Cultural Orientation, the Directorate points participants to the New Course on Maltese Language and Culture (developed under the Malta Labour Migration Policy framework). It says this course “remains a requirement for participation in I Belong Cultural Orientation at 100-hours course.” Stage 2 applications received before 15 June 2026 will be given the opportunity to participate in the I Belong Maltese Language (MQF Level 2) course alongside the 100-hour Cultural Orientation course. The Directorate does not state a combined hour total. See where to take the New Course on Maltese Language and Culture.

Since 15 June 2026 the Directorate names the 100-hour Cultural Orientation course as a Long-Term Residence requirement. Its words: “successful completion of I Belong Cultural Orientation at 100-hours is considered one of the requirements for Long-Term Residence Status (LTR) in Malta.” Identità’s own guidance also describes an “I Belong” Integration Course at 100 hours and cites a 75% pass mark. The two pages use different course names, so the matching hours do not prove they describe the same course. They also do not settle the separate Maltese-language requirement.

Our 14 June 2026 record listed earlier Stage 2 figures: 50 hours for Maltese Language for Integration and 120 hours for Cultural Orientation. Added together, those equal 170 hours, but we cannot establish whether the Directorate itself published that combined total. Neither the old figures nor a combined total appear on its current page. The Directorate does not state that this is a 170-hour structure. It no longer publishes a numeric pass mark for the 100-hour course, so the 75% figure comes from Identità only.

See the full Long-Term Residence breakdown for every figure side by side.